May 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[David Pilling]

Thanks for the positive comments on my Pinguicula grandiflora.

WimB - yes they're the ones you sent me.

Rogan - I like your pale blue ones.

If anyone would like some hybernuncula ask me in October.

[Graham Catlow]

"Two or three years back someone on the SRGC forum offered hybernuncula of Pinguicula grandiflora. It surprises me a little that I didn't kill them - anyway look what I have now..."

Wow! Fantastic David! I have a patch of P. primuliflora, but not nearly as attractive as yours! 

I think I have to quote you Rogan but for your P. primuliflora Wow! Fantastic.
I really should grow more of these. I tried alpina and longifolia from seed but got nothing from them.

[Lesley Cox]

Some stunning plants in the above posts. The Ping. primuliflora is VERY primuliflora isn't it. and I'm thrilled to see the cheeky Viola 'Jackanapes' after a long time. I had this for years, a 1990 importation when that was still possible but it has gone now. I'm not sure if it is still alive and growing in NZ even. I must enquire.

Thank you everyone for these beautiful spring flowers and foliage.

[Zdenek]

Nice plants Zdenek.
Asyneuma filipes on the tufa. (photo 1 and 2)
Dianthus 'La Bourboule' (photo 3 and 4)
Erigeron chrysopsidis ‘Grand Ridge’ (photo 5)
Penstemon rupicola ‘Conwy star’ (photo 6 and 7)
DOdecatheon media (photo 8 and 9)
Centaurea triumfetti (photo 10)

Very interesting Asyneuma, quite new for me.

[ronm]

Delphinium tatsienense

Very early flowering for this. Probably because I brought them inside as the stems were getting broken down by the poor weather.

[Lampwick]

Pictures taken yesterday and today…

Eriogonum caespitosum, cult. ex Idaho
Aethionema 'Warley Rose'
Oxalis 'Gwen McBride'

[David King]

A few pictures in the garden yesterday.

1.        An Acquilegia (unnamed)
2.        Narcissus poeticus plena - wonderful scent
3.        Crinodendron hookerianum
4 & 5.  Clematis 'Asao'
6.        Enkianthus

[David King]

Not a flower but rather nice formation of fungi.

[Hoy]

A plant that I got last year that survived the winter to my surprise:
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ssp. nivale from the Pangeion Mtns in N-Greeche.
It disappeared completely during wintertime and is now some 20cm high, flowering with greenish-yellow flowers

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria is a not uncommon wild plant in Norway and Sweden. However, your plant is more gardenworthy with better leaves and flowers

[Gerdk]

Just a few violet pics from this week

1. Viola canina - white variety from a Swedish donor
2. Viola douglasii and 3. V. hallii - both originally from the Pacific NW of the US
4. Viola elatior - one of the largest European species
5. Viola striata - also large - origninally from the eastern US
6. + 7. Violet from the South American Chilenium section (Vv. maculata, reichei)
           - difficult to identify
Gerd

[olegKon]

Very beautiful violas, Gerd, as usual.
Some pictures this week
1.Miosotis rehsteinery
2.Erysium kotchyanum
3.Globularia bellidifolia

[Armin]

Lovely plants from everybody.

Enclosed a picture on my crocus meadow in may

It is an ongoing experiment - interesting is to see how annually the number of flower species increases. Marguerites dominate at the moment.

Currently it is a paradise for any kind of insects - also umpleasant ones
see here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8945.105

[Lesley Cox]

Not a flower but rather nice formation of fungi.

Pity they're not facing up the other way. You could use them to stand display pots on.

[Lesley Cox]

That's a very nice Myosotis Oleg, with a neat compact habit. Pretty colour too.

[olegKon]

Thanks, Lesley. I'm happy to have it.